That is the middle of 847 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
847 homes sold in three years: 348 detached houses, 357 semi-detached houses, 97 terraced houses and 45 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£370K
median sale · 348 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£450K
Last 12 months
£397K96 sold
Semi-detached houses£265K
median sale · 357 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£310K
Last 12 months
£280K98 sold
Terraced houses£215K
median sale · 97 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£250K
Last 12 months
£217K26 sold
Flats and maisonettes£145K
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£160K
Last 12 months
£135K10 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses11%
Flats and maisonettes5%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Dronfield’s homes sold for between £233K and £370K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £460K. 31% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £287,500, sits in the £250–300K band
847 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £54,000 in 1995 to £307,000 in the last 12 months (£235,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
230 sales in the last 12 months, against 445 in 1999, the busiest year, and 216 in 2008. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Dronfield costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Dronfield, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£76K
£100K
£195K
£228K
£250K
£313K
£397K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£68K
£150K
£156K
£180K
£224K
£280K
Terraced houses
£40K
£55K
£124K
£129K
£155K
£185K
£217K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£38K
£94K
£99K
£120K
£128K
£135K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
263 new homes have been sold in Dronfield since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 2009.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
41% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 37% sold leasehold in Dronfield. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Holmley Lane is Dronfield’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
61 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Holmley Lane
S18
17
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Stonelow Road
S18
16
£244,000
Mixed
3
Longcroft Road
S18
15
£325,000
Mixed
4
Cemetery Road
S18
14
£257,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Coniston Road
S18
13
£325,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Hallowes Rise
S18
13
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Shakespeare Crescent
S18
13
£240,000
Mixed
8
Eckington Road
S18
13
£232,000
Mixed
9
Stubley Lane
S18
12
£355,000
Mixed
10
Green Lane
S18
12
£253,625
Mixed
11
Hilltop Road
S18
11
£382,600
Mixed
12
Pembroke Road
S18
11
£115,000
Mostly flats
13
Firthwood Road
S18
9
£380,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Gosforth Lane
S18
9
£295,000
Mixed
15
Highfields Road
S18
9
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Solway Rise: £465,000
Dronfield median£288K
Solway Rise£465K
Melbourne Avenue£459K
Hilltop Road£383K
Princess Road£381K
Firthwood Road£380K
Cheapest streets
Pembroke Road: £115,000
Dronfield median£288K
Pembroke Road£115K
Burns Drive£138K
Sherwood Place£160K
Wilson Street£165K
Snape Hill Crescent£186K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Derbyshire
Dronfield is the 9th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Dronfield is one of Derbyshire’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Dronfield
What is the average house price in Dronfield?
The median home in Dronfield sold for £287,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 847 standard sales (£307,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £370,000, semi-detached houses £265,000, terraced houses £215,000 and flats and maisonettes £145,000.
Are house prices going up in Dronfield?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, up 10% on 2024 (£272,500), and £307,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Dronfield each year?
230 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 324 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dronfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Solway Rise (S18, £465,000), Melbourne Avenue (S18, £459,250) and Hilltop Road (S18, £382,600).
Is Dronfield expensive for Derbyshire?
Dronfield is the 9th most expensive of 59 towns of 2,500 or more in Derbyshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.